Explore how Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Marketing can help you transform your business by turning prospects into business relationships. With Dynamics 365 for Marketing, you can find and nurture more sales leads using multi-channel campaigns. In this webinar, we will take your through the sign-up, set-up, installation and configuration for the Dynamics 365 for Marketing trial. Learn more: https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-us/marketing/overview/ Thank you for watching our video! Stay up-to-date with the latest news and updates from the Dynamics 365 Team by visiting: https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-us/ The opportunities don’t stop there! We urge our community to continue learning through the following resources: Content Library: https://explore.dynamics.com/h/ Dynamics 365 Blog: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/ Free trial: https://trials.dynamics.com/Dynamics365/Signup Subscribe to Dynamics 365 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/MicrosoftDynamics365 Dynamics 365 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/msftdynamics365/ Dynamics 365 on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/microsoft-dynamics/ Dynamics 365 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSFTDynamics365?lang=en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrosVYVTsS8

The news roundup is back! With a busy few weeks behind us, the MSDW editorial team looks back at some of most important news and announcements in the Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP and CRM ecosystem. There were leadership changes, product architecture announcements, partner channel revelations, and plans for a new article series. Show Notes: 0:45 – Muhamed Alam's expanded management role in the Dynamics 365 portfolio, which coincided with the announcement of the departure of Marko Perisic from Microsoft. 3:30 – Microsoft will make another push to improve its AppSource game plan for Dynamics 365 ISVs. 6:00 – Microsoft is preparing to componentize Dynamics 365 Business Central, a multi-year effort with important implications for partners. 9:45 – How are smaller Dynamics partners adapting to the changes in the D365 product portfolio including CDS and the Power platform. 12:15 – More thoughts on the Marko Perisic interview on a recent MSDW Podcast. 15:00 – Other standout features of the last few weeks, including the first installment of the 'Finance where I'm from' from Microsoft MVP Dr. Ludwig Reinhard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXbaIHmacpw

The MVP collaboration known as PowerISV is all about the business opportunities of Microsoft's Power platform – PowerApps, Power BI, Flow, and the Common Data Service. On this episode we talk with two members of the group, Mark Smith, aka nz365guy, and returning guest Steve Mordue, to discuss why the group got together, what value they provide, and who needs to understand the opportunity for developing solutions on Microsoft's still-emerging cloud application infrastructure. Show Notes: 3:00 – Why do partners need to start understanding the Power platform as a product platform 4:40 – What kinds of questions are SIs and ISVs asking today? 7:30 – Tracking Microsoft's product and partnership decisions and how that will impact companies building against the Power platform ecosystem. 9:40 – The biggest mistakes that ISV partners are making today 11:45 – What is solid today? Where do we know it will be in the near future? And where do we think it will be farther down the road? 14:00 – Why connectors are a huge part of the future opportunity. 17:00 – What partners need to understand about the freedom of building standalone on the Power platform rather than starting with Microsoft first party apps. 21:00 – Why you might bet that the platform will win out over Microsoft's first party apps over the long term. 25:00 – What is the future of ISV solutions built atop the first party D365 apps? 30:30 – Why Microsoft's efforts with Power platform recruitment are different from past initiatives to lure ISV investment. 34:45 – Why the citizen developer is a huge part of the story. 41:30 – Why partners struggle with change management as much as their clients 46:00 – Why AppSource could be so much more than it is today 50:30 – The importance of learning to "work the system" as a Microsoft partner in order to be successful Other links: Steve's recent articles on updates to AppSource and tools for solution quality. Microsoft MVP Mohamed Mostafa will hold a webcast Nov 30 on starting and growing a Dynamics ISV business. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oph5t_kkLQ0